THE PENULTIMATE YUAN EMPERORS - EL TEMÜR'S DICTATORSHIP

After the war of the two capitals, the Yuan dynasty keeps declining under general El Temür's firm dictatorship and his puppet emperor Tugh Temur (Jayaatu Khan)'s reign. Bending to the Mongol laws of succession, Tugh Temur must ceede his throne to his elder brother Khoshila (Khutughtu Khan), though El Temür promptly commits regicide to reclaim power. In his short reign, puppet Tugh Temur focuses his insignificant power on cultural efforts, as the empire faces civil war, natural disasters and famine. Finally, a brief succession crises occurs after his death, and his nephew, the child emperor Rinchinbal succeeds as emperor for less than two months, paving the path for the last Yuan emperor, Toghon Temür.

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♫ MUSIC ♫
Total War Attila – Wanderers of the Steppe
Total War Three Kingdoms – Bitter Winds
Civilization VI - Mongolia Ambient Tovshuur
Mongol Court Music of the Khans
Total War Three Kingdoms – The Calm Before the Storm
Total War Three Kingdoms – End of an Era
Civilization V - Wu Zetian peace theme
Civilization V - Sejong war theme
Total War Attila – Fiddler of the Plains
Total War Three Kingdoms – Shadows of war
Civilization V - Genghis Khan war theme
The Anunnaki Return
Total War Shogun 2 - Stalemate
Total War Shogun 2 - Resolve
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane

🎬 VIDEO CREDITS 🎬
Empress Ki (2013)
再生緣 Eternal Happiness (2002)

📜 MAIN SOURCES 📜
The Cambridge History of China - Volume 6 (1994), Denis Twitchett & John King Fairbank
A Short History of the Mongols (2018) George Lane
Art and Politics at the Mongol Court of China: Tugh Temür's Collection of Chinese Paintings (2004) Ankeney Weitz

🏷️ TAGS 🏷️
Yuan dynasty documentary
decline of the Yuan dynasty
Jayaatu Khan
Khutughtu Khan Kusala
Rinchinbal
History of China
El Temur

Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:35)
Tugh Temur's abdication: (02:07)
Khoshila's reign: (03:11)
Tugh Temur's second reign: (05:53)
A lack of legitimacy: (09:05)
El Temür's dictatorship: (10:36)
The last succession crisis: (13:33)
Budashiri's regency: (16:39)
Conclusion: (18:02)

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